HRPP supporters continue to protest after losing power.

Source: ABC News

Samoa former Prime Minister and his supporters still refusing to accept that his party lost a power after the general election 2021.

A member of Samoa's former ruling party says he and other supporters will continue to protest against what they believe is the judiciary's "disintegration" of the constitution.

Around a thousand supporters of the Human Rights Protection Party marched through Apia yesterday, after an earlier protest on Friday.

Party leader, and now former prime minister, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi told the crowd the judiciary had violated the constitution when the Court of Appeal recognised FAST Party MPs as the legitimate government.

Among the protesters was Tuiasau Uelese Petaia, who said one of their main complaints is that they believe the judiciary usurped the Head of State's authority to convene parliament after an election.

"It has made a decision that takes the power away from the Head of State who has the sole power to call and convene parliament," he said.

Tuiasau, who ran as a HRPP candidate in the election in April, does not believe HRPP's refusal to accept the court's decision, and the results of the election, is a case of sour grapes.

"I think it's important that people are kept aware of what is developing and people interpreting the law to suit themselves," he said.